"Worth Dying For"

By: Shannon Yáñez

December 1991

For the children

Trapped by drugs and war,

For the mother who wept

Until life was no more.

To change the system

That keeps us poor,

To uplift all people

Who were down before.

To be free in mind

And burned no more,

My life is dedicated—

It’s worth dying for!

© 2010 Copyright by Shannon Peace